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The Meraloma Club is housed in a 1923 Parks & Recreation vintage structure, on Connaught Park which it continues to renovate and maintain. A Heritage Award from the City of Vancouver was earned in 1979 for preserving architectural integrity during renovations. In the 1930’s, we were granted the use of Connaught Park, the current home of the ...
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Even opponents respected him. A former player with the arch-rival Vancouver Meralomas of that era would decades later make a special point of expressing his admiration for Burke's dedication to UBC, football, and the time he volunteered to both. Over 75 years later, in 2013 Burke was honoured with induction into the BC Football Hall of Fame.
Sep 26, 2023 · Club directors who helped build Meraloma football were instrumental in bringing a professional team to Vancouver. “The BC Lions adopted the colours of this club, black and orange,” past ...
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Sep 16, 2023 · The Meralomas became inactive for a time after the Second World War broke out in 1939, and several of the club’s athletes enlisted and served overseas. Eleven of them were killed in action.
Apr 12, 2021 · Today, Meralomas participate in cricket, soccer, field hockey, fast pitch and basketball in addition to rugby, the club’s elemental sport. “We have about 700 active members, both male and female, ranging in age from five to 75,” former club president Drew Sagar told us in 2011.
Jun 13, 2012 · In the final, the Meralomas won. "We beat them and we scored in every quarter," said Crawford. The Meraloma Football Alumni reunion begins at 1 p.m., June 23 at the Connaught Field House, the Meraloma clubhouse, at 2390 West 10th Ave. For more details, email Crawford at raycrawford@ telus.net or call 604-940-2232.
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The Vancouver Meralomas football team was a Canadian football team that played in the British Columbia Rugby Football Union and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union from 1926 to 1938. The team was part of the popular and successful Meraloma Club. The Meralomas also fielded championship junior football sides for many decades.
